The PPP\C has totally failed Berbice

Dear Editor, Please allow me a space in your letter column to share with my views and I know lots of Berbicians will share same as to what has been taking place here in Berbice since 1992 when the PPP\C came to power. During the elections campaign in the months leading up to October 5, 1992 the PPP\C under the leadership of the visionary and strong advocate for democracy, who is said to be the father of the nation, the great late Dr. Cheddi Jagan many things was said and promised to Berbicians, so that we can have a better and comfortable life under the PPP\C. After the death of this great man things changed with Berbice. Bringing Better Education, Health care, Employment, Industries, Social Services, Youth Development, Airport, Deep Water Harbour and much more was laid out for the betterment of the residents of Berbice in the PPP\C manifesto since 1992. But after almost twenty two years in government it still leaves many, especially in Berbice to wonder, what’s happening to us under this PPP\C regime? Berbicians are being fooled year after year so as to allow the PPP\C to be in power and they use that power after elections to punish us. The PPP\C talks of free education for all. Well, in Berbice, we are not having that because the only free things that we are getting in the promise that was made to us are the desks and benches. Parents have to find thousands of dollars on a daily and weekly basis to give to their children to complete school base assignments. How? Most of the assignments have to be done on the internet and also have to be printed as hard copies to be taken to the teacher. Therefore the children have to use private internet cafÉs to do their work and thus have to pay. There are hardly any proper IT labs in the Secondary Schools in Berbice that can be used by the children. Parents have to buy text books, sometime exercise books, chalk, etc. So education is not free in Berbice. With all the talks from the Minister, many of the children that have good grades had to go to private lessons. Why? And yet the government is proud of their achievement in this sector. But credit must be given to the parents for making the sacrifices that they are making to better the lives of their children. We in Berbice were told that too many Berbicians are travelling on a daily basis to the airport to receive or to carry out someone and that’s not good because we can be robbed and that people have to sleep overnight at the stelling and airport. We were told that the PPP\C government, when it gets into office, will build an airport here in Berbice. What happened to that promise? How many people remember that promise? And, how many people here in Berbice were in high praise for such idea of the PPP\C? We were promised better health care for all in 1992, and yet simple things like panadol tablets are not available in our hospitals in 2014. The PPP\C failed to build a proper hospital here in Berbice since 1992 and yet they are self praising themselves for the New Amsterdam Public Hospital, which by the way was built through aid from the people and government of Japan, but yet these people try to fool Berbicians that they built it. Imagine that the people and government of Japan were so kind to us in building that hospital and yet this PPP\C government through the Ministry of Health has failed us in providing simple health services and care for our people. Hundreds of Guyanese youths are sent to be train in Cuba to become medical doctors and return but yet at the Forth Wellington, Port Mourant and Skeldon Hospitals we hardly get doctors on duty, especially at nights and weekends. We were promised in 1992 and every election after, that when the PPP\C get into power that Berbicains will become better off as they will be creating thousands of jobs by opening up new Industries. Today we must ask the PPP\C, where are the Industries and job opportunities that they have created? I will argue the point that since 1992 to now the PPP\C has not created close to a thousand jobs for young people of Berbice. . The only places that the PPP\C is creating jobs for our young secondary and university graduates are in the Cane Fields. They want us to know that there is where we came from and there is where we belong, but PPP\C must understand that the days are over even for the sugar industry that needs almost fifty eight billion dollar for bail out. What happened to the deep water harbor that was promised us here in Berbice? Well PPP\C, will this be once again be placed in your manifesto come next elections so as to brainwash Berbicians? Abel Seetaram Chairman AFC RMC REGION 5